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Strait of Georgia or Salish Sea?

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Published Monday, March 10, 2008 8:28PM PDT

A proposal by a Vancouver Island First Nation band to rename the Strait of Georgia the Salish Sea has people across B.C. asking: What's in a name?

For the Chemainus First Nation on Vancouver Island, renaming the strait - the section of ocean between Vancouver Island and B.C.'s mainland -- would recognize the original inhabitants of Canada's west coast.

Band members pitched the name Salish Sea to B.C. government ministers as a name that's been catching on among natives in the area.

And the government of British Columbia -- celebrating its 150th anniversary -- says it will explore the name change.